Reflections on living with and caring for animals

Smelly Dog Day

12January 2015January 12, 2015

It is raining and sleeting and basically wet outside today. A day fit for ducks and not much else. But the dogs still have to go out to potty. And that means we have wet dogs that smell like…well, wet dogs. Let’s just say you’re lucky this blog doesn’t come with scratch and sniff features.

“Mom…you’re not really telling people how bad I smell, are you??”

“And now I’ve got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happen to you? It’s not your fault. You’ve held your breath, you just wanna get out, and now you open the door and you have to explain, ‘Oh! Listen, there’s an odor in there and I didn’t do it. It’s bad.” ― Ellen DeGeneres, My Point… And I Do Have One

When my cats are truly scared (like Jake when he confronted a fox) they give off a very wild animal smell that lasts for a few hours. It’s not as bad a wet dog though. Best smell of all is puppy breath!